San Antonio Paving Dilemmas: Vitrified Brick vs Dirt Roads
A correspondent asks if wooden block and vitrified brick pavements satisfy property owners, noting brick’s durability but noise, and that many asphalt bases form ridges. The piece argues no perfect pavement exists for San Antonio’s semi tropical climate, cites Josephine street’s humps, and advocates continued search for a durable, practical solution over all options.
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Tue Lienr
San Antonio
Josephine Street
Storage for bonds proposes safe, low-cost plan
A near term liberty loan campaign urges banks and trust companies to devise a method to store small bonds securely without charging enough to wipe out annual interest. Most bonds are unregistered. registering transfers ownership to Washington, with interest and principal handled directly by the government.
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Washington
Need for Safe Storage of Unregistered Liberty Bonds
A historical notice discusses why unregistered Liberty bonds, unlike registered ones, are easily negotiable and unidentifiable if lost or stolen. It argues for a safe storage solution, noting that banks in New York offer free storage for small bond holders, and suggests official safe deposit boxes as a public need.
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New York
Essential shoe styles and wartime price controls
Wartime opinion urges shoe makers to limit styles and stamp retail prices to curb profiteering. Women’s shoes face the strongest pull to erase impractical designs while men’s comfort gains momentum. Army-style footwear dominates public demand, with clerks joking they may enlist twice.
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War Industries Board
Cotton futures surge amid drought strike and spinner complaints
A report that drought cut cotton prospects drove New York Cotton Exchange speculators higher prices. Spinners, large buyers of futures, cried foul, alleging market manipulation. The reply argued the price movement as a market response.
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New York Cotton Exchange
Cotton futures outrage blamed for price manipulation and waste
The piece argues that cotton futures speculation harms the public and producers, calling the New York Cotton Exchange a source of artificial price fixing. It urges selling Southern cotton on a local exchange based on actual values to ensure fair prices for farmers, spinners, and consumers, with broader reflections on wartime and tribute.
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New York City
New England
New York
Manila
New York Cotton Exchange
Chicago
United States Senate
South
Genius and Energy Transform Western France Port for Troops
American forces at the Western France port have turned it into a rapid landing hub, debarking 5 000 then 15 000 troops daily at times. A Liverpool docker turned army major leads 20 000 workers, driving unprecedented loading and unloading rates amid vast coal and cargo shifts. The port, near New York in approach, is poised to become Europe’s premier commercial gateway after the war.
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France
Uoload
America
Europe
Ameren
West
Bic
Liverpool
United States
Cumid Company
Proston
Asonn
Firsh
Peeneh
New York
Eurepe
Theaters offer comedy sketches at Royal and Princess
The Royal Theater features Samples a lively comedy sketch with Gusteed and George Newton trick roping plus Richar Burton, while The Princess presents Abbott and Mills with His Birthday and a musical interlude. A film offering Hoops of Stool stars Henry Tk Walthall with newsreel added.
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Royal
Cook
Hamilton
Gusteed
Royal Cewter
George Newton
Richar Burton
Lowsdo Ph Vance
Bert
Lytell
Princess
Princess Theater
Abbott and Mills
Jm S
Fanny
iMusic
Victoria Maur
Progenot and Brew
Cn Clover
Film Attractions Show at Dowel Shaw's Veivova Kiln
The film program features Mie Olga Petrova in The Tale of the Land a tale of a mother's rage and ruined virtue. The bill includes Douglas Fairbanks in Down to Earth with Warren Bereich and Charlie Chaplin in two reels to round out the bill.
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Pepeoya
Doulas Fairbanks
Patras
Warren Nertigan
Charlie Chaplin
Allies Face Difficult Caucasus Front Warned by Yar
Axsarnied Press correspondence quotes BH. A. Yarrow, head of the American Committee for Armenia and Syrian relief, arriving in Peking from Tiflis, warning the entente that German Turkish influence grows in Persia Caucasus. He cites German sway among Persian tribes, potential mobilization of a million in Northern Persia, and risk to Mesopotamia and Southern Persia.
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Axsarnied
Caucasus
Turkey
Germany
Persia
Turkestan
Afganistan
Iam
Yarrow
Mesopotamia
Thorugh
Siberia
Russia
Essseless
Kviven
Tifliy
Baku
Mirabetopol
Bakulea
Trebizond
Mezovam
Kars
Balu
Tiflis
Vladi- Tkarkaz
Fren Tostow
Smith
Fragmented wartime column tangle cites humor and politics
A muddled OCR passage blends jokes on war effort uniforms and Kaiser punishment with social quips about ink stains, doves, and home routines. References appear to multiple figures and places, including Ames, Ford, and trenches, in a satirical, magazine-like style.
Man Reflects On Morning Routine In Quirky Ruminations
A humorous fragment captures a man musing during his shave about leaving sentimentality behind. He mutters about tending to business and feeling better once the routine ends, conveying a comic take on daily habit and personal mood.
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